The hand-book of artillery

Name: The hand-book of artillery
Author: Roberts, Joseph

Roberts, Joseph

Artillery

SAWYER’S.—Flanged projectile; elongated;
          entire shell coated with an alloy chiefly of
          lead, and has a percussion cap on small end.

    DIMICK’S.—Expanding shell; elongated; cup of
          soft metal cast on rear end of projectile.

    REED’S.—The body is of cast-iron and the
          expanding portion is a cup of wrought iron, which
          is fastened to the body by inserting it in the
          mould and pouring the melted metal around it.

    DYER’S.—Description nearly the same as that
          of Dimick’s.




INDEX.

The pages refer to the sidenotes in the margin of the text.

    AIR: Resistance of, 148.
    AMMUNITION: For field battery, 41;
      for seige train, 37-8;
      storage 103-4;
      preparation, 93-4, 100-1-2;
      weights of fixed, 107.
    ANGLE: Of greatest range, 66;
      of fall, 74;
      of least elevation for mortars, 67;
      of elevation for stone-mortars, 67
      —Natural angle of sight, 12;
        of guns, 26;
        of howitzers, 29;
        of columbiads, 30.
    ANIMAL POWER, 152.
    ARC, elevating, 18.
    AREA of a circle, 154.
    ARMSTRONG GUN, 165.
    ARTIFICIAL LINE OF SIGHT, 53.
    ARTILLERY: Definition, 9
      —Method of embarking and disembarking, 161-2
      —Carriages (see _carriages_)
      —Kinds of, 9;
        how distinguished, 9
      —Proportion of, to Infantry, 40
      —Proportion of different kinds in a field train, 40;
        in seige train, 36;
        for mountain service, 42;
        for armament of forts, 35
      —How rendered unserviceable, 20-1.
    ASTRAGAL AND FILLETS: Definition, 13.
    ATTACK of a post, 150.
    AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT, 159.
    AXIS OF A PIECE: Definition, 12.

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The hand-book of artillery

Roberts, Joseph

Artillery

SAWYER’S.—Flanged projectile; elongated;
          entire shell coated with an alloy chiefly of
          lead, and has a percussion cap on small end.

    DIMICK’S.—Expanding shell; elongated; cup of
          soft metal cast on rear end of projectile.

    REED’S.—The body is of cast-iron and the
          expanding portion is a cup of wrought iron, which
          is fastened to the body by inserting it in the
          mould and pouring the melted metal around it.

    DYER’S.—Description nearly the same as that
          of Dimick’s.




INDEX.

The pages refer to the sidenotes in the margin of the text.

    AIR: Resistance of, 148.
    AMMUNITION: For field battery, 41;
      for seige train, 37-8;
      storage 103-4;
      preparation, 93-4, 100-1-2;
      weights of fixed, 107.
    ANGLE: Of greatest range, 66;
      of fall, 74;
      of least elevation for mortars, 67;
      of elevation for stone-mortars, 67
      —Natural angle of sight, 12;
        of guns, 26;
        of howitzers, 29;
        of columbiads, 30.
    ANIMAL POWER, 152.
    ARC, elevating, 18.
    AREA of a circle, 154.
    ARMSTRONG GUN, 165.
    ARTIFICIAL LINE OF SIGHT, 53.
    ARTILLERY: Definition, 9
      —Method of embarking and disembarking, 161-2
      —Carriages (see _carriages_)
      —Kinds of, 9;
        how distinguished, 9
      —Proportion of, to Infantry, 40
      —Proportion of different kinds in a field train, 40;
        in seige train, 36;
        for mountain service, 42;
        for armament of forts, 35
      —How rendered unserviceable, 20-1.
    ASTRAGAL AND FILLETS: Definition, 13.
    ATTACK of a post, 150.
    AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT, 159.
    AXIS OF A PIECE: Definition, 12.

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